Worm

15 | she/her | USA

[violetsnotebook-archive]

06.09.20 / it’s a quiet cloudy sunday. i’m steamrolling through my to-do list so i can indulge in practicing piano this afternoon. how’s your sunday so far? ♡

[there-is-much-more]

September is here. Meaning that you should to start fresh. So change those bed sheets. Switch out that old toothbrush. Get your hoodies and sweaters out. Prepare for a better you. With new goals. And a healthier mindset. I know it’s been hard lately, but use this opportunity to start fresh.

[studyingworm]

Today was the first day of (digital) school. It was mostly an intro day but I took some notes in my planner. I’m really loving the yellow aesthetic. Also I found some flashcards from last year that we’re too pretty to throw out.

[noodledesk]

truly what better place 2 be than reading a book

hello everyone this summer reading changed my life so i thought i’d share some ways i changed my approach to reading that enriched my life a lot:

read more & read widely: reading is funny in that the more you read, the more you will be able to discern what you love & what is good in your eyes. as a result you will start to be more amazed by the ways people put words on paper. suddenly every book becomes a marvel in its own way. also you will become a better writer as an automatic side effect. what’s not to like

join a book club: i started a very small book club early this year and since then it has grown a lot! now it has become a great source of fun! you get to read lots of books that you wouldn’t normally and having a go-to group of ppl to scream to about whatever books you are reading is so nice to have

read several book at once: i am notorious for getting bored easily, so when i find myself skimming i just switch to a different book. at any given time i’ll have 15+ books going so i can have the perfect book for the perfect mood. that way i can avoid reading slumps before they happen. also this extends to things beyond books. sometimes i will read some comics or listen to them instead

get a devoted reading device: after i got a kindle i have just loved using it so much! there’s nothing to distract me and it’s designed with a more pleasant reading experience in mind. that being said putting ur phone on airplane mode and curling up in bed is just as valid and good

silence: i read much better when i don’t have music on and it helps me to focus on what i’m reading

align reason with method: what are you reading for? pleasure? to learn? hopefully a mix of both? we have many different reasons to read. make sure the way you’re reading works with the thing you’re trying to read. sometimes you will be better off with summaries. classics and old poetry, i find, i have to read really slowly to get the good stuff out of it. and we all know that wonderful feeling of not being able to stop tearing through a book. align ur reason with ur method!

track it: tracking my books just keeps me organized and lets me pick what books i want to read next all in one spot. also i get a dopamine rush when i finish a book. unfortunately i am also a goodreads user because they have such a huge existing database, but i have used storygraph beta and it is wonderful

clock in: you don’t need to read many many books or be a super speed reader to read widely. having a reading habit is the most important thing of all! every night i like to dedicate at least 30 minutes to reading so i can unwind and finish my day in the best of ways

and that’s it! happy reading :)

[studyingworm]

Today’s chemistry notes + some photos from a drive I went on. I haven’t been super productive but at least I downloaded the famous flip-clock screen saver. I’ve been so boooooooored. I’m kind of really excited for school to start again even though it’s going to be ~wierd~ this year.

[studyhardinstyle]

Day 6/100 of productivity

[mang-hoee]

02.04.19 // april means iced coffee

[studyingworm]

Today’s chemistry notes + some photos from a drive I went on. I haven’t been super productive recently, but at least I finally downloaded the famous flip clock screen saver. I’ve been so boooooored lately. I kinda really want school to start even though it’s going to be ~weird~ this year.

[lovelysuggestions]

self care isnt always lush bath bombs and $20 face masks. sometimes, it’s going to bed at 8pm or letting go of a bad friend. its forgiving yourself for not meeting your impossible standards and understanding you are worth it, nonetheless. self care isnt always luxury, but a mean for survival.

[studyingworm]

So, I’ve used a few different kinds of planners over the past few years and sometimes it’s worked very well and other times I’ve given up on using it two weeks in. So I thought I would impart some wisdom from my years of planner usage. This is mainly for students but some of these tips can be used in general too. Enjoy!

Keep it simple: I think a lot of people in the study community have this problem when they first start using a planner. There is a pressure to make it have beautiful spreads with washi tape and stickers and full illustrations, especially with bullet journals. Here’s the thing though: you start out strong creating a ton of beautiful spreads but after about two weeks you lose the time or motivation that it requires to maintain this gorgeous planner so you quit using it altogether. Or you create these immaculate spreads with hardly any place to write anything or feel unable to write anything in journal that will ruin the ~aesthetic~. I’m sure that creating beautiful journal spreads can be really fun and functional for a lot of people. I throw no shade. But it isn’t for everyone, so my advice is to start of simple and then add stuff in slowly. Find a level of aesthetic that works for you. If you don’t have time to maintain a bullet journal, use a regular planner. Start with function and think about look later. 

Make it easy to use: This can mean a lot of different things, but the idea is to eliminate most of the obstacles that exist in using your planning system to make sure that you ACTUALLY USE IT. Can’t always carry a journal around? Use an app on your phone. Gets lost in your bag? Keep a small one and put it in a smaller pocket of your backpack. Hard to find a page? Put tabs in it. Basically: Pinpoint the reason that you don’t use your planner and come up with a solution for it. 

It can be more than a planner: This might be a personal problem but I always felt the need to keep my planning separate from everything else. So if I needed to write down a thought, or a quote, or something I was feeling, I would always carry a separate journal. And then it got to the point where I had three journals: one for planning, one for thoughts on something I read, and one for journaling. That’s just not functional folks. So I combined all three into one journal, with a place for all three things. This might not work for everyone, but it really helps me to know exactly where to find something I wrote down.

[longestnight]

you wear an ancestor's face. you look like a woman you'll never meet. in that mirror, there's thousands of you. and in the bath, when you look down, she looks back, shaking and deforming in the ripples as she lies beneath the surface.

[wholesome-suggestion]

you are doing your best right now. you are doing enough with what you have been given. try not to worry too much about your flaws and your shortcomings because in the end they are nothing compared to the good you have done. you have come so far and have so much to be proud of.

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

old books

[studyambitiouss-deactivated2022]

Coffee, my best friend ☕️

Studygram

[archystudy]

21/08/19 - a misty morning with environmental architecture notes, my favourite book and listening to my study playlist

[bujoniina-blog]

current desk situation 

[bestnatesmithever]

Society is constantly telling us we are not good enough. We are made to believe that we need to achieve a certain things in order to prove our worth. We are told we need to be prettier, stronger, smarter, more productive, etc.

The truth is…you are enough. Who you are is exactly who you need to be. Don’t worry about what the world wants you to be. Just be.